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Author: Chris David
Chris David oversees map-based visual storytelling and data-driven decision-making at American Forests. He is building American Forests’ long history of data-driven decision-making and advocacy using spatial data and analysis to tell compelling forest stories and build decision-support applications that lead to better outcomes for climate, water, wildlife, and people. Prior to joining American Forests, David led GIS development for The Trust for Public Land’s Climate-Smart Cities work nation-wide and spent a decade supporting place-based decision-making for local and federal government agencies. David has degrees in mathematics, planning, and GIS from the Universities of Massachusetts, Virginia, and Maryland, respectively.
American Forests uses the cloud to advance Tree Equity across the United States
The nonprofit American Forests is focused on advancing social equity with a national reforestation movement. Trees provide significant benefits against heat related illnesses and climate change, and trees can help advance social equity when they are planted in the neighborhoods that need them the most. But the challenge of achieving Tree Equity across the country is immense. To address this, American Forests is leading a new national campaign through the Tree Equity Score, powered by the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.